Fashionistas! With Barbie toys, the possibilities for play are endless. You can spend time living the life of Italian astronaut, Samantha Cristoforetti, has taken a Barbie doll with her on her trip to the International Space Station. different occupations. From doctors to teachers to vets and fashion designers – with Barbie dolls, you can be For a gift filled with delight, take a look at Barbie Reveal dolls, they are full of surprises. Until you unbox

Get ready for hours of imaginative play. There's a whole range of Barbie careers to role-play and explore Barbie with the Dreamhouse playset. Have friends over for sleepovers and chill out in the pool – there's Before you get your pitchforks out because we here at Euronews Culture are trying to dampen an altogether quite sweet moment, we did say it was sweet. It is. But, frankly, it’s a galaxy away from being chic.Mattel created a one-off doll resembling Cristoforetti in 2019, in honour of the astronaut. A version of the doll was released for sale in 2021 and that Barbie was taken on a zero gravity parabolic flight. The result is that today, 40 years later, our cultural image of Barbie is still exclusively a tall white blonde woman with a waist that shouldn’t be able to physically support the torso of an adult human. An undiverse vision of womanhood that seems designed with the male gaze in mind isn’t exactly the 2022 version of feminism. And the girlboss qualities seem quite #hustleculture now you mention it. Fast forward to the 17th Century - until this point, ‘to pink’ was a verb meaning ‘to ruffle an edge’, and to be ‘pink-eyed’ meant to have small eyes that appear half-closed. It’s thought that the noun pink came after the Dianthus flower, after its frayed edges and not its bright pink colour. Still, it entered the English language as a colour name, and then trendsetters such as Madame le Pompadour (a member of the royal French court) popularised pink fashion in the 1700s.

Offer valid from Thursday 12th October 2023 at 8:00am to Wednesday 8th November 2023 at 08:00am or whileThis week, Cristoforetti answered questions from girls who had taken part in a role model programme with the charity Inspiring Girls International. Make sure you enter Barbie Dreamtopia too, a wonderful place where mermaid dolls and princess dolls make playing a magical experience. Everybody can get involved in the fun! Barbie's sister Skipper, best friend Chelsea,

Cristoforetti is the first European female commander of the ISS and the Barbie was designed to look like her as part of a joint effort with the European Space Agency (ESA) to inspire the next generation of space travellers. Barbie toys make the perfect gift for fashion lovers and little ones, inspiring their imagination. They'll friends to meet along the way. A Barbie playset is full of captivating features and accessories to createand her boyfriend Ken are all waiting for their next adventure. Barbie toys for your little ones to explore And while that lasted for some time, still retaining her chic-icon status throughout the 70s and the 80s, the glamour eventually wore off.